Environment Agency064WAF8BourneKent S London and E Sussex
River Bourne from Hadlow to East Peckham: flood history since 2014
The Environment Agency has issued 56 flood alerts for River Bourne from Hadlow to East Peckham since 23 Nov 2014, most often in January; the busiest year was 2024 (11).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- River Bourne from Hadlow to East Peckham
- Code
- 064WAF8Bourne
- Environment Agency area
- Kent S London and E Sussex
- County
- Kent
- River or sea
- River Bourne
- First in the history
- 23 Nov 2014
- Latest in the history file
- 15 Jan 2026
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2014 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 27 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 5 Jan 2025 | Flood alert |
| 26 Nov 2024 | Flood alert |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Flood alert |
| 23 Sep 2024 | Flood alert |
| 12 Mar 2024 | Flood alert |
| 25 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 22 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
| 18 Feb 2024 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.